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`Ser. No. 60/269,415 filed Feb. 16, 2001, US. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/291,511 filed
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`May 16, 2001 and US. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/304,013 filed Jul. 9, 2001 through US.
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`patent application Ser. No. 10/079,065 filed Feb. 19, 2002.
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`This applicationis a continuation——in-part of U S patent application Ser
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`All of the above-mentioned patents and applications are incorporated by reference herein111 their
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`entirety as if they had each been set forth herein in full.
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`The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for diagnosing components in a vehicle and
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`transmitting data relating to the diagnosis of the components in the vehicle and other infomation relating to
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`the operating conditions of the vehicle to one or more remote locations distant from the vehicle, i.e., Via a
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`The present invention also relates to systems and method for diagnosing the state or condition of a
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`a component which is operating abnormally and could possibly fail resulting in a crash or severe handicap
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`for the operator, and transmitting data relating to the diagnosis of the components in the vehicle and
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`Optionally other information relating to the operating conditions of the vehicle to one or more remote
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`The present invention further relates to methods and apparatus for diagnosing components in a
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`vehicle and determining the status of occupants in a vehicle and transmitting data relating to the diagnosis
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`of the components in the vehicle, and optionally other information relating to the operating conditions of the
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`vehicle, and data relating to the occupants to one or more remote facilities such as a repair facility and an
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`is now generally recognized that
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`is important to monitor the occupancy of a passenger
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`compartment of a vehicle. For example, US. Pat. No. 5,829,782 (Breed et a1.) describes a vehicle interior
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`monitoring system that utilizes pattern recognition techniques and wave—receiving sensors to obtain
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`information about the occupancy of the passenger compartment and uses this information to affect the
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`operation of one or more systems in the vehicle, including an occupant restraint device, an entertainment
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`system, a heating and air-conditioning system, a vehicle communication system, a distress notification
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`system, a light filtering system and a security system.
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`Of particular interest, Breed et a1. mentions that the presence of a child in a rear facing child seat
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`placed on the right front passenger seat may be detected as this has become an industry-wide concern to
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`prevent deployment of an occupant restraint device in these situations. The US. automobile industry is
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`continually searching for an easy, economical solution, which will prevent the deployment of the passenger
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`important aspect disclosed in Breed et a1,
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`relates to the operation of the cellular
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`communications system in conjunction with the vehicle interior monitoring system. Vehicles can be
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`provided with a standard cellular phone as well as the Global Positioning System (GPS), an automobile
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`navigation or location system with an optional connection to a manned assistance facility,
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`an accident, the phone may automatically call 91 l for emergency assistance and report the exact position of
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`number and perhaps the condition of the occupants could also be reported.
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`facility/emergency response facility or personnel to determine how badly people are injured, the number of
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`occupants in the vehicle, and to enable directions to be provided to the occupant(s) of the vehicle to assist in
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`any necessary first aid prior to arrival of the emergency assistance personnel.
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`purpose of diagnosing problems with the vehicle and forecasting problems with the vehicle, called
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`prognostics. Motor vehicles contain complex mechanical systems that are monitored and regulated by
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`computer systems such as electronic control units (ECUs) and the like Such ECUs monitor various
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`components of the vehicle including engine performance, carburation,
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`transmission, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), braking systems, etc. However, vehicles perform such
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`monitoring typically only for the vehicle driver and without communication of any impending results,
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`problems and/or vehicle malfunction to a remote site for trouble—shooting, diagnosis or tracking for data
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`mining.
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`In the past, systems that provide for remote monitoring did not provide for automated analysis and
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`communication of problems or potential problems and recommendations to the driver. As a result, the
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`vehicle driver or user is often left stranded, or irreparable damage occurs to the vehicle as a result of
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`neglect or driving the vehicle without the user knowing the vehicle is malfunctioning until it is too late, such
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`as low oil level and a malfunctioning warning light, fan belt about to fail, failing radiator hose etc.
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`output from an off road work site relating to the status of a vehicle to a remote location over a
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`communications data link. The information consists of fault codes generated by sensors and electronic
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`control modules indicating that a failure has occurred rather than forecasting a failure The vehicle does not
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`include a system for performing diagnosis. Rather, the raw sensor data is processed at an off—vehicle
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`location in order to arrive at a diagnosis of the vehicle’s operating condition. Bi—directional communications
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`are described in that a request for additional information can be sent to the vehicle from the remote location
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`with the vehicle responding and providing the requested information but no such communication takes place
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`with the vehicle operator and not of an operator of a vehicle traveling on a road. Also, Seholl et al. does
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`not teach the diagnostics of the problem or potential problem on the vehicle itself nor does it teach the
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`In Scholl et al. the determination of the problem occurs at the
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`US. Pat. No. 5,754,965 (Hagenbuch) describes an apparatus for diagnosing the state of health of a
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`vehicle and providing the operator of the vehicle with a substantially real—time indication of the efficiency
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`of the vehicle in perfomiing as assigned task with respect to a predetermined goal. A processor in the
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`vehicle monitors sensors that provide information regarding the state of health of the vehicle and the
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`amount of work the vehicle has done. The processor records information that describes events leading up to
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`the occurrence of an anomaly for later analysis. The sensors are also used to prompt the operator to operate
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`US. Pat. No. 5,955,942 (Slifkin ct a1.) describes a method for monitoring events in vehicles in
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`which electrical outputs representative of events in the vehicle are produced, the characteristics of one event
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`are compared with the characteristics of other events accumulated over a given period of time and
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`departures or variations of a given extent from the other characteristics are determined as an indication of a
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`significant event. A warning is sent in response to the indication, including the position of the vehicle as
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`determined by a global positioning system on the vehicle. For example, for use with a railroad car, a
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`microprocessor responds to outputs of an accelerometer by comparing acceleration charact